WARSAW, N.C. – Murphy-Brown LLC, the swine production subsidiary for Smithfield Foods Inc., is preparing its hurricane and emergency action plans as Tropical Storm Hanna threatens the east coast.
"All of the animal waste treatment lagoons on our company's farms are in good shape-they're in compliance with state required freeboard levels and we believe they will be able to handle rainfall associated with Hanna without serious threats to their structural integrity or to the environment," said Don Butler, Murphy-Brown's director of government relations and public affairs.